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News Flash

Results from the
Lazy L 4th Annual Ranch Sale and Social
April 10 and 11, 2009

The date for the 2010 sale has already been set for April 9th and 10th.

Roughly 200 people attended the Saturday sale, roughly the same number as 2008 despite the holiday weekend this year.

5 Animals were scratched before the sale as a result of the wildfires on 35,000 acres of North Texas that affected the Mike Casey and Dan Tisdale ranches, our best wishes to them.

The average sales price for the remaining consignments was $2,533 per animal. One of the brightest prospects, Lot 17, Delta Dawn had to be scratched because of damage to her right horn.

The top three High Selling Lots were Lazy L Longhorn consignments:
Lot 3 LLL Max's Paige sold for $8,000 to Bow and Sylvia Carpenter
Lot 7 LLL Max's Mocha sold for $6,000 to Rick Friedrich
Lot 48 LLL Cream Puff sold for $5,800 to Bow and Sylvia Carpenter
Other High Selling Lots were:
Lot 63 Sunhaven Willow consigned by Joe and Becca Munsch sold for $5,700 to Bow Carpenter
Lot 47 BS Country Mesquite consigned by Bow and Sylvia Carpenter sold for $5,500 to Joe and Lorinda Valentine

Volume buyers were Bow and Sylvia Carpenter at $24,750 followed closely by new breeders Neil Dickinson and Sheri Saunders out of Kennedale, TX, who bought 7 head for $17,800 and Joe and Lorinda Valentine, Lott, TX, who purchased $17,750

There were 50 registered bidders including Alex Dees who traveled all the way from Harper Oregon, the Jones brothers from Washington, IN and seven breeders who found their way here from various parts of Utah.

Thanks to all who participated in making this sale a success.

 

 

The Breed:

The simple sight of a longhorn conjures up a time long gone when these durable creatures were driven hundreds of miles by cowboys that were even more durable. A time when the best fence was a sixgun, and the "brushpoppers" that chased wild runaways through brush and bramble were given a place of honor at the campfire. An era when stories that seem like tall tales to us today were more fact than fiction, when the land was as wild and free as the men and cattle that lived here, and when the herds were as big as the eye could see. Now nurtured by only a handful of breeders, the Texas Longhorn is one of the few things that remain unchanged from that bygone era.

The longhorns we breed today are the product of centuries of selective breeding by survival of the fittest wild Mexican and Spanish blood. These impressive creatures will prosper on grass that other cattle could not survive, go without water for days on end, protect each other from harm, attend to a member of their herd that is sick or wounded, calve effortlessly and amaze you with their intelligence. But these are not the real reasons we are so fascinated with them.

The glint of sunlight off a crown of burnished horn, the profusion of bright earthy colors of a herd moving, the sights and sounds of the herd as it grazes, the fact they are just plain easy on the eyes, or the certain knowledge that you are in contact with a piece of Texas history, and any of these or all of these are why we are drawn to these gentle giants.  I know of no other breed that captures the imagination quite like longhorns do.

 

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